Effect of Eszopiclone on Sleep Disturbance and Pain in Cancer

Summary

To assess the effectiveness of Lunesta on cancer patients who have received chemotherapy and who require patient controlled analgesia (PCA), specifically to assess whether Lunesta will: * improve sleep thereby decreasing need for opiates via PCA * improve sleep thereby decreasing pain by self report * improve sleep thereby decreasing fatigue by self report

Timeline

Start

2006-09

Primary completion

2009-12

Completion

2009-12

Publications

• Results Dimsdale JE, Ball ED, Carrier E, Wallace M, Holman P, Mulroney C, Shaikh F, Natarajan L. Effect of eszopiclone on sleep, fatigue, and pain in patients with mucositis associated with hematologic malignancies. Support Care Cancer. 2011 Dec;19(12):2015-20. doi: 10.1007/s00520-010-1052-1. Epub 2010 Nov 30.

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